Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-20

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oe1s ntre1s wtefs the fatal panic -
CURED i6st nioht wss faFoEite seesss
for ths Jewa Of fbat p4Fs q Lsneon.
EsfeFlnInnsnfs lad bse1 given teafe
6gery night foF . loDR tine p1sl. Lt9
evsHine 3 bsn3nt perform auee 80
ei1nn, and he plnes uaa efoNded- Dut-
fne tbe progress d tue DIss nan en4
woman anaFreiied ID fbs street. 91tlde.
md neaf tie main doorway ~ lhs Dali.
4he man nsed yioienee, and tie usDan
nnceamea. Her cry Was bard b. :
nnereF b. who mtsnndefa1oed i en1
ahooffd afire - The goma1'4 screams
ard the eFisa Of Gre weFs heard lnsid /,
ana 81 oncs crested psDiss TIE ~
dlance. numberinR Eve thonssad rising
fn 4 body. and rushinR geEl nneii faF TIE
main eBlrancs-
THn Wild nusn Tsn TIE sTaKxx.
etxono mes astempssd 20 pass then,
ana women and obfidFsn fell - the
doorway IS stambilna blocks. 1nsy
tFfpped % others. wno wefs cfushsa
down b. she rash Of the frastie eFewd.
n took bat 3 fee minutes % empty the
house. The alarm use % thgf uRs that
nos scnl amenR the entiEe endie1ee -
Trained from sfxaeRisRR. when tne
ceople after geachiEg she street eeeer-
iained She facts Of The sitaaston seene
of great disorder d anotnsg kind en-
aaed, censsd By tbs discovery thai .
number we're missing. Then 3 fNsh
hack was made. 1hese, bcgessF, uefe
atopped a. The msin entsaBee ~ tAe
pniree, who had arrived and sssauaed
oonfrol. nesenfesn cDFpsaa weFs foupd
inside the theater naaF the door. They
were ali Gern. crushed and diahanred.
II waa found thai u she 6ssd ~ we're
wonnen. 8 we're boys. Wa 3 girl and
The other q msn-
INSIDE sCKsEa.
The andienco was almost eat rely
composed OF Jews. The manezsf OF the
Hebrew Dramatic CIu6. which waa ~
ing the entertainment. was on tie stage
when he panis began. He peFeefsed -
once there VS. no good Feasan Tor %,
and did ell In his poser % allsy the 81
cltement, and 10 snora al possleie
facilities foF exit Of the peopie- pc
BAIL uu1 N3mt4f d tuttAAt0sAs A4t- -
had them all thrown vide open, and
called on the people when they woaid
not remain 70 divide and ase oil tne
doorwayas but tnsy paid ne attention 20
him. IL faot. many 0f them construed
Che managers earnest appeal into proof
thaf there was hee. and these increased
lheir oxeFtlons 70 gst out. lbs whoie
crowd. a. II with one impulse, made for
- 4 Namf
among those Who nFst reached u were Z
numb8r Of women and children who had
bean ooonpyina some Of the rear eeaia
Thsy we're ovorboFne By the maa efoWo
behind,
The eonfilot vas IuasscribahIy ruth
!. Less and brutal, although, Of eoufss, not
uilful, u being q Supreme case Of eyerJ
ono for himself Il ts stated that {
number Of infants, carried Ia thel'
mothers arms aud clung 20 thfsuRh
The panic, we're also crushed or smosa::
oFed 10 death, aud that namb6F OF
others weFo fatally injured.
ArrER THE DEsAsTKR.
The aoena during the attempt Of the
crowd 10 return was paiufai ~ the en-
tFema. The beFeaved remained At the
d0orwnys ali niaht, waiting 10 have
their dead Restorea o. them, aud ths
lamentations Of the women were heart
rendinR. The police hays been Riving
number OF contradictory stoFies about
The cause Of the panic. One statement
IL that th.sves started the org Of Ore fer
the purpose Of getting = chance 10
desp0il many rich Jeees8es In the ball
Of oostly isWela they bore on their per
sons 20 the entertain meut.
rnanruLs scEEEs.
The hall today resembles disoFderet
auction room. Broken fafnitafe
crushed toys, ohiidrea's coats. bTskeE
bottles, orange peela, aateF's wigs
ahroda Of clothes, lie scattered over th'
door. Many blood spots are on thi
baoka Of chairs and asos. Every her.
and there are Rhasily knots OF hair
ollneing 10 the furniture. Several e.
capes were made thFsngh windows
meet Of which we're badly smashed. To-
bodies were found At the bottom OF th'
stone stairs leading 10 the gallery
Here q terrible struggle took place be
tween the front of tue crowd rushing
from the main hsor and the leaders o.
the thTone which rushed down tho gal
leFy stairs. The dead lag mostly IL tgl
opposing rows, the feet Of eseh rou
close 10 those OF the etheFi one rog o.
heads lying toward The gallery stairway
the other toward The opposite aide o.
the hall. The faces Of The dead are die
torted with aeonized expressions. Ih'
clothes are completely torn frnm th'
bodies OF aome. A little girl. sinol
Identified aa Eva Marks, Wa founs
lying al the bottom Of She pile, dsad
Her lower limbs were bare; the uppei
part OF her dress was torn 20 shSedA
showing shs fought bard for life. IsAai
Levy, a venerable Hebrew, with whit.
flowing beard and hair, vas like
wise foand among the dead
He and bis wife we're regular attendant
~ the performances. They always sa
near the deoT. u Il thought from thl
position In Which hia body was founs
that Levy instead Of q seing alone wheI
tho panic started remained 20 help pro
teet bis wife. So the old man va
brushed down By TIE rushing ogevd ans
stamped 70 death His wife's body Ia,
opposite. The woman vas 10 the priml
Of life. She wore brightly coioret
clothes and quantities Of iewelFy. Be
side her lay little boy, whose knis ksF.
hockeFa and stockings we're torn 4
ehseds.
sFH0rAroA's STATEMENT.
A man named Harris Goldberg cav,
be went 10 the gallery Of the bali 40.
eompanied BY bic wife and family
They all sal together. The play vas
melodrama called "fhe Spanish Glpa,
Girl" Daring the performances sons
boys. In order 10 obtain view Of ths
stare. climbed NJ an exposed gas pip,
hxed along the vail. fka vas strained
and started 10 leak. Goldberg placed I
handkerchief over the leak. same ons
ehoated Turn % she meteris Tai.
shout vas raised simultaneously wilh
the cry 81 alarm Of the actors on The
stage. Then the people 10 The gallery
rose and rushed hsaalona down
the stairs 0oldbess's wife was
torn awsy from him. and tramned "a
deata. His year old son Jumped
upon the heads 81 the packed mass snd
escaped hy running eysF them. The
manager was moi 90 blame fog the dis
astef. The passage fFam tha ball b The
street entrance Il ten feet vide. There
ne airaeele occurred. The doors swing
both waya there are several minor
exsia froEn the gallery. besides tha stair.
esses. The disaster arose. net from the